Location: | DeKalb County Courthouse Annex
556 North McDonough Street
Room B190
Decatur, Georgia 30030
Tel: 404-371-2718 | Court Website: | Click Here |
| Court Information: | 8:30 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
Police fingerprinting done by appointment. You will need to call (404) 297-3934 to set one up.
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| Analysis of the user submitted processes |
In many cases the court takes longer than legally allowed to issue the license.
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User Reported Processes
Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Aug. 20, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | 40 min | Total Payment: | $63.00 |
Process: | $58 Cash Only to the probate court and it is easy to find. Parking cost $6.00 and wasn't to hard to get in and out of. People at probate court were nice but not ones to chat. No social sercurity code needed. Then you have to make an appointment to have your prints done in a different building. Call ahead because they only do these prints on certain days of the week. Took 1.5 hours from arrival to departure when prints were done. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Nov. 5, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | Has not arrived yet | Total Payment: | 63 |
Process: | Application is done where they do marriage licenses. Charges are cash only($58). Clerk said Tues and Thursday are slowest days.
Appointment for prints was a week from when I called(cash $5.Not born in USA must bring US passport to fingerprint session. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Jul. 29, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | Info not submitted | Total Payment: | 63 |
Process: | Total now at the courthouse is $58, plus $6 if you park in the deck. Fingerprinting costs $5. Also, the Police station will only fingerprint you if you have an appointment. If you want to get your permit in one day, you will need to call (404) 297-3934 and make an appointment for the same day. I did not know about the appointment, and was not able to get fingerprinted on the same day as I applied. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Sep. 2, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | Info not submitted | Total Payment: | $63 CASH ONLY! |
Process: | First time applications and renewals are now exactly the same after the law changes. It is a total of $63, cash only I believe, with $58 paid to the probate court, and $5 paid to the police department for fingerprints. Click through the "court website" link on the DeKalb County page, and then click the "License information" tab, and they have everything explained in detail and up to date as of July 2009. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Sep. 3, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | Application and fingerprinting was about 1 hour to | Total Payment: | $63. $58 for app and $5 for fingerprints |
Process: | You go to the courthouse in Decatur and head all the way to the basement. The room is the same as where you get your marriage licence. Ironic. You fill out a form and swear to the clerk that all your information is true. She inputs all the information in the computer and prints it out for you to take to the police station for your finger printing. A previous post (on this web page) for the Dekalb process said it was $42. When I went on August 26, 2009, the price was now $58 for a five year licence, and $6 to park in the courthouse parking garage. Probably could have done the parking meter, but not sure how long it would take. Cash or check, no credit cards. After you get your paperwork, you call the police department and set an appointment for fingerprinting. I got mine scheduled 5 days after initiating the permit process. I arrived at the police station on Camp Road (the complex off of Memorial and 285)about 30 minutes prior to my appointment and while no one else was in the waiting room, I waited 40 minutes to be called back. I paid a $5 fee for the fingerprinting. The elctronic fingerprinting machine was working and the whole thing took 10 minutes at most. After I was done, the officer told me it would be 2-4 months before I got my permit in the mail. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Dec. 9, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | Info not submitted | Total Payment: | 63 |
Process: | Applied in Sept 09 - still no response as of Dec 09. |
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Type: | Renewal Application | Submitted: | Jan. 31, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 3 months | Total Payment: | 47.00 |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Nov. 19, 2009 | | Total Time Taken: | 2 months | Total Payment: | 63 |
Process: | Fill out the form, they reviewed the info with me when inputting into their computer. After that, I paid the $58 license fee with cash. Total time about 30 minutes. Then I called the fingerprinting dept number I was given, and made an appt for the next day. Between waiting and the fingerprinting, about 30 minutes. I think that was $5. 2 months later received the license in the mail. |
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Type: | Renewal Application | Submitted: | Jan. 12, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 10 weeks | Total Payment: | $63 |
Process: | $58 Cash to court $5 to police for fingerprinting. Fingerprinting by appointment, best idea would be to make fingerprinting appointment ahead of time, then go to courthouse earlier that day. Courthouse application time was less than 15 minutes. No irrelevant information asked, temporary license issued no problem. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Jan. 16, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 2.5 months | Total Payment: | $63 |
Process: | As described in the other Dekalb County postings. |
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Type: | Renewal Application | Submitted: | Feb. 12, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 9 Weeks at the earliest | Total Payment: | $63.00 |
Process: | Fee of $58.00 in cash required to start the renewal process
Additional $5.00 in cash to do the fingerprinting at Bobby Burgess Building Applied for renewal 1/22/10 and first available fingerprint opening was 2/12/10 |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Feb. 6, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | Has not arrived | Total Payment: | $68 |
Process: | Began the process in November 2009. Appear in person at the probate court. The clerks are in the basement near the snack bar. Pay cash ($63) for the application and swear to its truth. 5 days later the application is complate and fingerprinting ($5 cash) can occur. Appear in person at Dekalb Co. Public Safety building. Near Memorial and I-285. |
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Type: | Renewal Application | Submitted: | Mar. 19, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 8 Weeks and still waiting | Total Payment: | $63.00 |
Process: | $58.00 at probate court two weeks later $5.00 at Bobby Burgess building. Cash in both instances |
Comments: | renewal submitted on 1/22/2010, fingerprinted on 2/12/2010, still waiting to received GFL. Only benefit of being a renewal is you don't have to provide as much id documentation |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Jun. 28, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | Over 80 days... | Total Payment: | $58.00 |
Process: | Applied March 18th, it was a breeze. No line no hassle.
Fingerprinting April 15th, my appointment was for 10:30am but i decided to go early. Got there around 7:45am stood around the door for it to unlock at 8, only to realize the actual permit place opened at 9am. Finally the blinds went up and I was the first(There were 2 others for fingerprinting) the lady said yours isn't till 10:30. So I told her that the lady i spoke with said I can come earlier, she muttered, "I guess she forgot to write you in earlier" which led me to believe that someone canceled. Finally got called around 9:35ish and was out by 9:40. Used Live scan.
June 6th , FINALLY GOT MY LICENSE IN THE MAIL |
Comments: | Let me also note that I am a first offender of a nonviolent crime. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | Jun. 2, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 13 weeks/92 days | Total Payment: | $68 |
Process: | Feb 19 2010: Paid a few dollars for parking meter in Decatur square, then walked in to courthouse- paid $58 and was out in less than 20 minutes (very pleasant so far). Called for fingerprint appointment- none available for 4 WEEKS!
March 19th: Fingerprint appointment. Paid $3 to park and $5 for electronic fingerprints. Waited for 40 minutes PAST appointment time and then was fingerprinted.
May 22 2010: Received License in mail after repeated calls to DKPD License office. |
Comments: | The people in the License office were friendly (when applying). Fingerprint folks not so much. Completely rediculous for DeKalb to take so long. |
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Type: | Renewal Application | Submitted: | Jun. 6, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 3-5 months | Total Payment: | $67.00 |
Process: | Cash only for application ($58.00) plus $1 for temporary extension if needed and wait time was pretty reasonable. However, the fingerprint appointment was one month out (I called on May 4th and appointment was set for June 4th). I arrived well before my appointment time, paid the $5.00 fee immediately and had to wait more than 1 hour to be fingerprinted, total fingerprinting was almost 1 hour and 45 minutes. I was advised to expect license in 2-4 months. So it may take 3-5 months for a renewal. Total cost so far is $67.00 (including $3 parking at Dekalb County Police Dept). |
Comments: | Staff not friendly at all and borderline unprofessional. They never ask you to do things - they give orders in an unprofessional tone. |
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Type: | New Application | Submitted: | May. 6, 2010 | | Total Time Taken: | 10 weeks and counting | Total Payment: | $63 |
Process: | Began the process in Feb 18 2010. Appear in person at the probate court. The clerks are in the basement. Pay cash ($58) for the application and swear to its truth. 5 days later the application is complate and fingerprinting ($5 cash) can occur. Appear in person at Dekalb Co. Public Safety building. Near Memorial and I-285. |
Comments: | Staff was very helpful. |
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